Communicators of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Ashanti Region have declared a sit-down strike against their national executives for not giving them monthly ‘chop money’.
The communication team feel they have done enough by articulating the work of the ruling government to the people of Ashanti Region thus, deserve some monetary rewards.
Starrfm.com.gh reports that the party communicators in the region have served notice of embarking on a strike today, Monday 30th January, 2023 if their allowances are not paid.
According to one member of the communication team their ‘colleagues in Accra have signaled them not to go on radio from Monday until their outstanding allowances are paid’.
The party communicator complained that ‘Since we elected the new national executive we haven’t received any monthly allowance. They used to give us GHc1000 but the money is not coming anymore. We didn’t even receive anything for Christmas; hunger is killing us while we are on radio and TV defending their corrupt deals with empty stomachs’.
An internal memo has also asked members to comply with the sit-down strike until further notice, the news report sighted by Kasatintin.com added.
SOURCE: Kasatintin.com
